TDD Contract Job Trends in Essex

Test-Driven Development (TDD)
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Essex requiring TDD skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 11 27
Rank change year-on-year -10 +16 -6
Contract jobs citing TDD 9 7 7
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 3.60% 8.05% 3.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.79% 8.43% 3.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 6 7
10th Percentile - £472 £432
25th Percentile £500 £486 £482
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £488 £485
Median % change year-on-year +4.51% +0.62% -3.48%
75th Percentile £588 £488 £549
90th Percentile £600 £500 £598
East of England median daily rate £510 £489 £500
% change year-on-year +4.39% -2.29% -8.59%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Essex

TDD falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 188 83 178
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 75.20% 95.40% 82.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 39 90
10th Percentile £300 £187 £193
25th Percentile £335 £315 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £470
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -14.89% -6.00%
75th Percentile £505 £476 £560
90th Percentile £588 £500 £600
East of England median daily rate £498 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -0.50% +11.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 18 50
10th Percentile £14.25 £13.25 £10.42
25th Percentile £16.08 £15.19 £16.01
Median hourly rate £20.51 £32.50 £59.50
Median % change year-on-year -36.89% -45.38% +33.62%
75th Percentile £44.64 £48.30 £80.00
90th Percentile £71.00 £144.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £25.15 £36.75 £40.00
% change year-on-year -31.56% -8.13% +81.82%

TDD
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing TDD relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex.

TDD job vacancy trend in Essex

TDD
Daily Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing TDD.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing TDD

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Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing TDD.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing TDD

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Contract Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing TDD within the Essex region over the 6 months to 28 May 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Basildon -1 9 £510 +4.51%
Brentwood +1 5 £500 +6.95%
TDD
East of England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 8 (88.89%) GCP
1 8 (88.89%) GitHub
2 1 (11.11%) AWS
2 1 (11.11%) Azure
Development Applications
1 9 (100.00%) Git
2 8 (88.89%) JUnit
2 8 (88.89%) SonarQube
3 6 (66.67%) IntelliJ
4 1 (11.11%) Cypress.io
General
1 7 (77.78%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Automotive
2 2 (22.22%) Banking
2 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Developer
2 3 (33.33%) GCP Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) GCP Software Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Java Developer
2 3 (33.33%) Software Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Architect
3 2 (22.22%) Backend Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Cloud Architect
3 2 (22.22%) GCP Architect
3 2 (22.22%) Java Architect
3 2 (22.22%) Java Software Architect
3 2 (22.22%) Software Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Cloud Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Cloud Software Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 1 (11.11%) GCP Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Java Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Java Software Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) JavaScript Developer
4 1 (11.11%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (88.89%) Spring
1 8 (88.89%) Spring Boot
2 3 (33.33%) Node.js
3 1 (11.11%) .NET
3 1 (11.11%) CSS
3 1 (11.11%) HTML
3 1 (11.11%) Jest
3 1 (11.11%) React
Miscellaneous
1 6 (66.67%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) CI/CD
2 8 (88.89%) BDD
3 6 (66.67%) Code Quality
3 6 (66.67%) DevOps
3 6 (66.67%) Infrastructure as Code
3 6 (66.67%) Open Source
3 6 (66.67%) Security Testing
3 6 (66.67%) Software Engineering
4 5 (55.56%) Application Security
4 5 (55.56%) Architectural Design
4 5 (55.56%) Static Application Security Testing
5 3 (33.33%) Process Improvement
5 3 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
5 3 (33.33%) SDLC
6 2 (22.22%) Agile
6 2 (22.22%) Pair Programming
6 2 (22.22%) Software Architecture
6 2 (22.22%) Software Testing
7 1 (11.11%) Front End Development
7 1 (11.11%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 8 (88.89%) Java
2 5 (55.56%) Python
3 3 (33.33%) Go
4 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (55.56%) QA
2 1 (11.11%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) Checkmarx
1 8 (88.89%) Google